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Offline pugg666

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« on: October 07, 2004, 05:28:11 PM »
Any one here have an idea how much one of em costs?

Considering the price that my government payed for 4 Brit *cough* subs, I'd like to see the difference.

Just curious.
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2004, 05:59:59 PM »
Approximately $900 Million (1972 dollars) according to this.
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2004, 06:12:33 PM »
I don't know the details, but given their age, I'd guess a lot of them will be on E-Bay pretty soon.
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2004, 06:14:29 PM »
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Any one here have an idea how much one of em costs?

Considering the price that my government payed for 3 old Brit *cough* subs, I'd like to see the difference.

Just curious.


Is that the one that's on fire?   I'm really sorry to hear a seaman died.
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2004, 06:40:29 PM »
That's the one Otto :(
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Offline Nefarious

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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2004, 06:48:42 PM »
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I don't know the details, but given their age, I'd guess a lot of them will be on E-Bay pretty soon.


I wouldnt bet on that.

LA Class Subs, are constantly being renovated, adding new weapons systems, Theyll be the mainstay of our Sub Fleet until the Seawolf begins to replace them.
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« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2004, 07:09:12 PM »
<> to the fallen sailor, who bravely gave his life in service of his country.
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« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2004, 09:23:55 PM »
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I wouldnt bet on that.

LA Class Subs, are constantly being renovated, adding new weapons systems, Theyll be the mainstay of our Sub Fleet until the Seawolf begins to replace them.


Where have you been? Seawolf class has long since been canceled after the first few. The Virginia class which is now under construction is the sucessor to the LA class. They are cheaper and even more advanced than seawolf.
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« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2004, 09:57:50 PM »
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Where have you been? Seawolf class has long since been canceled after the first few. The Virginia class which is now under construction is the sucessor to the LA class. They are cheaper and even more advanced than seawolf.


Huh, Thanks for the insight, I didnt hear about the cancelation, I do know about the Virginia Class though.
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« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2004, 10:41:54 PM »
The Los Angeles class sub is tremendous, I actually got to tour the USS Honolulu during my honeymoon.  Incredible machines, I'm sure the Virginia will be amazing too.

The 688i was a great advancement, the addition of the VLS really expanded its capabilities and demonstrated the versatillity of a well designed chassis.

$900m, and worth every penny.  Wanna know why?  Watch the Hunt for Red October.  :D
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« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2004, 10:54:27 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2004, 11:46:14 PM »
Aren't the boats Canada bought powered by normal means?  I wonder if fuel source influenced Canada's decision.

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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2004, 12:38:07 AM »
We wanted nukes and were going to buy 4 Trafalger class subs from the brits. The US has the veto on brit nuke  sub sales due to the aggreements signed for the reactor technology and they didnt want us to have nuclear subs so they vetoed it.

So we ended up buying  4 barely used brit Diesel boats that I thought was a great idea. Turning out not so good.
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« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2004, 12:49:54 AM »
Honestly. Our norther border has been the exclusive domain of the US navy since they developed nuclear subs. Why put them selves in a position to have to ask our permision. As it is and with diesels we have no say of what happens in our nothern waters. The US doesnt mind that at all.

They looked at the french one but it was lame. Russian ones are obviosly out of the question.
Wether the USN wants us to have SSNs or not. They are our staunch allies and the soviets are not likely to let us buy a worth while nuclear sub.
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2004, 12:59:54 AM »
The latter.
But remember. We really have an itegrated defence between the two countries. We didnt mind for decades the USN keeping the soviets at bay in the north.  If we wanted to buy 4 LAs and excepted some kind of US control over thier deployment it could probably be arranged(pre bush anyway). But that is not what was wanted.

Dont sweat it. You cant keep the USN out of your waters either.

They use a torpedo range right north of where I live.
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